Murmaider's Catch of the Week

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Combo Control Multiplayer Reanimator Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

Octrate

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 6x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Port of Karfell
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rhystic Study

Creature (23)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Rona, Herald of Invasion  ^Flip
• 1x Obsessive Stitcher
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Ertai Resurrected
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dusk Mangler
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Toxrill, the Corrosive
• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Artifact (11)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Gilded Lotus

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Nexus of Fate

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Persist
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Danse Macabre
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Creature (19)

• 1x Gyruda, Doom of Depths
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1x Arvinox, the Mind Flail
• 1x Brainstealer Dragon
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Ancient Silver Dragon
• 1x Astral Dragon
• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x It That Betrays

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One of my first decks I ever fell in love with was the Premium Deck Series: Graveborn. I remember distinctly getting that deck and really enjoying the gameplay. I traded out some of the reanimation targets with cards like Sheoldred, Whispering One and Reaper from the Abyss. It stood out to me, even as a newer player at the time. Now, years have gone by, but I still feel a distinct joy when I cast Animate Dead on something meaty in the graveyard. I just wanted to capture the feel of a classic reanimator deck in the commander format.

But, what fun is mere deck building without a little twist! So, I'll be making a sideboard of all sorts of reanimation targets and switching them around every week, so the deck will always keep my playgroup guessing. People may be used to seeing Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant this week, but next week? Maybe they’ll be starring down a Brainstealer Dragon or a Baleful Force.

That said, the sideboard is part of the alternating reanimation list so far. Please, feel free to help me expand it! As for the rest of the deck, please let me know what you think! Thanks for giving it your consideration!

Top Ranked	Achieved #36 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #29 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Reanimator 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 9 Mythic Rares 53 - 10 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Slug 1-1 B